Associate Director of Strategic Procurement

Job Description Summary

The Associate Director of Strategic Procurement leads the execution and the development of strategic sourcing strategies in support of university-wide initiatives engaging key stakeholders to meet departmental sourcing and procurement needs.

Essential Duties

• Leads the development and maintains strategic sourcing plans that coordinates the sourcing and contract management activities within assigned categories to deliver targeted benefits.
• Provides the development, and negotiation of supplier agreements in support of university-wide sourcing and procurement initiatives.
• Develops and maintains relationships with departments for purposes of gathering, analyzing and conveying information to support category management and strategic sourcing efforts.
• Plans and conducts strategic sourcing process on defined opportunities, engaging key stakeholders in the process to meet departmental procurement needs.
• Maintains deep category expertise through understanding and application of industry developments, marketplace trends, emerging technology, new techniques, leading practices, and shared experiences.
• Manages key supplier relationships and conducts periodic business reviews to drive savings through innovation and resolve issues and disputes
• Measures and reports benefits delivered through strategic sourcing and ongoing contract management activities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or related area of study earned by date of hire
• 3-5 years in procurement, supply chain management, and contract language review and development

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in Business Administration, or a related field preferred

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Data collection and analysis
• Business intelligence and analytics
• Category strategy execution
• Issue resolution/problem solving
• Microsoft Office products
• ERP System knowledge and experience
• eProcurement application experience including procurement workflow, eSourcing, eInvoice, etc.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience working in an academic/higher education organization, or in a cyclical service delivery environment is a plus
• Workday ERP System knowledge and experience

Any equivalent combination of education and/or experience providing the abilities, knowledge, and skills listed above may be substituted.

Required Application Documents

• Resume
• Cover Letter